14 comments:

Take The Red Pill
said...

When I saw the blurb for "an indispensable cookbook for feminists", I thought for certain that it was a book full of blank pages (knowing how feminists despise cooking, cleaning, and any other housekeeping skills).

There is nothing wrong in principle with using microwave energy for cooking. When they first came out, people weren't as familiar with their capabilities and would use them in conjunction with other appliances to produce more elaborate meals rather than in a kind of minimum-effort method of applying heat to food.

I don't think you can infer Ms. Allison is a feminist just because she wrote a cookbook. There is nothing wrong with being single, and it would be possible to adapt the portion sizes in any case.

Hell, Aaron, the viticulture is likely a good program. Do you think that professional winemakers come out of a bottle?!? Probably the bakery course is work-related too.

THe son of a friend recently completed his course in brewing in German. Four years, I think - practicum + lab + classroom, demanding, carried out mainly in the oldest brewery in Bavaria. He is now a Diplom-Breumeister.

The article, "English majors get a cold cup of wake the fuck up", provided some good laughs at the ENglish majors. They feel hurt! They've never heard of the old rule that the person who tries the hardest to get a job is probably the best man for the job.It sounds as though giving short notice sorts them out quickly.

Frankly, the ability to handle rapid changes, crises, etc. is always useful in life, even in the staid life of an academic.

I'll stay my judgement of Bakery Science & Management till I see the content. If it's application is industrial bakeries and processes, it could be useful, after all, twinkies and ding dongs are "stuff" people will pay you for and somebody has to setup up and manage the factory.

With some respect, three of these degrees are actually quite worthwhile.teh viticulture and enology degree is for a field that is, yes, rather specialized but also chronically understaffed with trained professionals. I consulted in Napa years ago and one of the most in-demand skill sets was formal training in viticulture - they often brought in French and Italian graduates because there weren't enough Americans with formal training.My work with Seborga led me to learn that the international floral industry is north of $100 Bn a year with an annual growth rate of 6% - and since that floral management degree is actually mainly about the logistics of the floriculture business I bet it would be relatively easy to find a job with one of the larger import/export firms or even strike out on your own in that field since the degree isn't about being a florist being being a distributor to florists.And the bakery science degree is a bit personal - my family has owned multiple bakeries and ice cream retailers since the 1890's and I know personally how frackin' hard it is to find someone with a degree in bakery science - and I am just 'in the family' not directly involved in the business. My cousin Matt is a donor ro KSU just so he can get dibs on bakery science majors when he has new openings.Am I defending these degrees? Heck, yeah, and I am surprised I need to on a blog about capitalism when they are each about training for specific business markets.You want a real chuckle? My degree is in Catholic Systematic Theology.

Kristophr, Well, I don't know about the business specialty guys, but the science specialty guys from bakery have enough chemistry to be classified as industrial chemists (food specialty) and enough engineering to design the CAM devices in the bakeries, so.... I worked with a couple of guys who *had* AS degrees in viticulture - and they tended to work for guys who had MS degrees in viticulture. Tellingly, the guys with associates degrees wanted masters degrees to learn, not to get promoted. I assume, based on the description, that the Floral management degree is really 'international business floriculture)', but beats me. Like I said, my exposure to floriculture is from a small semi-autonomous region that's GDP is selling cut flowers on the international market. Who knew?